Definition of Suberic acid

1. Noun. A dicarboxylic acid found in cork.

Exact synonyms: Octanedioic Acid
Generic synonyms: Carboxylic Acid

Definition of Suberic acid

1. Noun. (chemistry) an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, (CH2)6(COOH)2, obtained from cork; used in the manufacture of plastics ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Suberic Acid

subepiglottic
subepithelia
subepithelial
subepithelium
subepoch
subepochs
subequal
subequation
subequations
subequatorial
suber
suberate
suberates
suberect
suberic
suberic acid (current term)
suberin
suberins
suberise
suberised
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suberising
suberization
suberizations
suberize
suberized
suberizes
suberizing
suberone
suberones

Literary usage of Suberic acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1906)
"COOH, which is called suberic acid in England and ... -suberic acid was discovered by Wohlgemuth on hydro- ..."

2. System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum (1808)
"suberic acid is not crystallizable, but it may be produced in the solid form of a ... METHOD OF OBTAINING suberic acid. Introduce one part of cork cut into ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"suberic acid. other chemists occupied themselves with the examination of this acid ;1 ... suberic acid was first prepared in the pure state by Arppe, ..."

4. A Manual of elementary chemistry by George Fownes (1866)
"suberic acid has long been known as a product of the oxidation of cork by nitric acid ; succinte acid is obtained by the distillation of amber, ..."

5. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"It is easily obtained by boiling stearic acid with nitric acid for some days; upon concentrating the liquid it deposits crystals of suberic acid, mixed with ..."

6. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical: Theoretical and by George Fownes (1863)
"suberic acid has long been known as a product of the oxidation of cork by ... suberic acid is a white crystalline powder, sparingly soluble in culd water, ..."

7. A System of Chemistry for the Use of Students of Medicine by Franklin Bache (1819)
"As the concentration proceeds, a powder falb, which, after being washed with cold water, is pure suberic acid. This acid was discovered, in 1787, ..."

8. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"When suberic acid is heated with a molecule of bromine, ... By distilling suberic acid with lime Boussingault obtained a liquid boiling at 186°, ..."

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